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Friday, January 3, 2014

Sepia Saturday: Open Door Policy

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family
history through old photographs.

The first Sepia Saturday prompt of the new year inspires
any number of responses: buses, dams,
men in white coats. However, it is the
open doors of the tour bus that reminded me of a photo that captures a very
sweet moment between brother and sister.

Mary Eleanor Davis and Orvin Davis, Jr.
1929 Shenandoah, Virginia

My mother’s older brother is propping her up to look out
the car window (offering an interesting look at the inside of the car, by the
way). Momma was likely less than a year
old, so the year was 1929. When she was
born that January 6th, her brother looked at her and declared she was “cuter
than a pup.”

Mary Eleanor Davis on the left

She was still cuter than a pup many years later when she
stepped out of a car while a student at Shenandoah College

. . .

just moments after her friend got caught making an
adjustment.

The bus to Sepia Saturday is leaving, so hop on – my friends
will be ready to open the door for you.

40 comments:

Great photos Wendy! How cute that first one is of your mom and her older brother. And, as you pointed out, a very interesting look inside that classic car. Is that a front seat folded forward that I see?

Great photos! The tour bus on the Sepia Saturday ticket reminds me of he grand touring cars that once toured folks around Glacier National Park. There is still one on display...how stunning to tour the Highway to the Sun in one of those cool touring cars.

Have you figured out what is behind the front seat of the car with your mom and uncle?Happy Saturday!

Oh yes, very much cuter than a pup! I really like that second photo of her grown up, and the automobiles in the photo, are very fascinating. You always have the best family photos to share, it simple inspires me!

Great photos with an interesting theme: open car doors. Imaginatively clever. I like the friend's hairstyle in the second picture. She looked very chic. Just goes to show though - however elegant we may appear in one photo, that can quickly change! :->

I think what we see through the door is the front seat upturned to allow access to the back as this car has only two doors. The seat is hinged on the front bottom edge. The next two photos would be ordinary cellphone snaps in today's college world. Now they can become viral on the sepia web!

All old photos are full of information, but old photos which have not been carefully psed and framed such as these, always seem to be overflowing with information . The inconsequential of 50 years ago is the fascinating of today. Happy New Year Wendy.

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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